# beken
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bekennen, bikennen, equivalent to be- +‎ ken (“to perceive”). Cognate with Dutch bekennen (“to acknowledge, confess”), German bekennen (“to admit, confess”), Swedish bekänna (“to profess, confess”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪˈkɛn/, /bəˈkɛn/

### Verb

beken (third-person singular simple present bekens, present participle bekenning, simple past and past participle bekenned or bekent)
* (transitive, obsolete) To make known; reveal.
* (transitive, obsolete) To deliver.
* (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend to the care of.
** c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:Now I bikenne þe criste quod she · and his clene moder.
* (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To commit.
* (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To admit as possessor.
* (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To acquaint; instruct.

### Anagrams

* Benke, nebek

## Dutch
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˈbeːkə(n)/
* Rhymes: -eːkən

#### Noun

beken
* plural of beek

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /bəˈkɛn/

#### Verb

beken
* inflection of bekennen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Hungarian
### Etymology

be- (“onto”) +‎ ken (“smear”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛkɛn]
* Hyphenation: be‧ken
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Verb

beken
* (transitive) to anoint, spread, smear (to distribute in an even layer), to apply/put on (a soft substance, cream, oil, paint, etc.)
    bekeni az arcát krémmel ― to apply cream on one's face

#### Derived terms

* bekenés

### Further reading

* beken in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* beken in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch bekend (“(well-)known”), from Middle Dutch bekent, part participle of bekennen (“to know”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bəˈkɛn]
* Hyphenation: bê‧kèn

### Noun

bêkèn
* (colloquial) (well-)known

#### Derived terms

* kebekenan

### Further reading

* “beken” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* beeken, beekne, bekene, bekne, bekyn, biken

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English bēacn, bēcn, from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeːkən/, /ˈbɛːkən/

### Noun

beken (plural bekenes)
* A fire that signals an impending attack or danger.
* (rare) The structure a beacon is placed on.
* (rare) A lighthouse.
* (rare) A flag (piece of cloth with distinctive patterning)

#### Related terms

* bekenen

#### Descendants

* English: beacon
* Scots: beikin, bekin

#### References

* “bẹ̄ken, bēken, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.